When I was an inside sales rep for another company, I almost exclusively sold to leads that came in from marketing efforts. At the time, however, we had outside sales reps who would hop in their cars, drive to viable prospective businesses and try to set up appointments. On good days they might even close a deal on the […]

Prospects do not want to be rushed through your buying process while feeling like just another number or box to check. When it comes down to it, buyers purchase from people they like and trust. In both B2C and B2B purchases, buyers develop emotional connections that influence their purchase decisions. To increase your chances of […]

Update published 7/27/2018: Ringless voicemail is officially declared a “call” that falls under TCPA regulations according to the recent ruling of Saunders v. Dyck O’Neal. U.S. District Judge Gordon J. Quist is the first federal judge to declare ringless voicemail as a “call.” Click here to read the full opinion and ruling. You may have encountered […]

If you’re tasked with outbound sales, connecting with newly hired executives should be your number one priority. Why would you want to do this? It seems almost counterintuitive that you’d want to reach out to a newly hired exec. After all, they haven’t found their rhythm yet, they’re bound to be swamped as they get acclimated, […]

Here at Revenue.io, we’re obsessed with transforming business communications. To that end, we’re constantly listening to customer feedback and working on innovative features to solve various pain points. We just rolled out a new feature that we think will help sales teams collaborate to drive ROI. You can now not only access and listen to your […]

Since the beginning of the COVID shutdown period, I’ve read 33 business books. Reading is part of my job. I interview a ton of authors on my podcast “Sales Enablement with Andy Paul.” And, unlike most podcast hosts, I pay my guests (and listeners) the respect of actually reading their books, cover to cover, before […]

The most important rule in sales isn’t always be closing (ABC), it’s always be helping (ABH). And in order to help prospective clients, you need to ask a variety of questions. Without asking questions, it can be impossible to know how best to help a prospect, or if you are even the right vendor to […]

The following is a guest post by RingLead CEO Donato Diorio. What is the secret to sales success? Lots of practice. This bit of wisdom applies to every area of our lives, as most of us know by this point in our careers. Any real success has been the result of doing it over and over again, […]

On Thursday, June 18, Join Revenue.io’s CEO Howard Brown, as well as the host of The Sales Enablement Podcast, Andy Paul for their session at the Tenbound Virtual Sales Development Conference. The talk, titled The New Sales Enablement Formula: Empowering SDRs to Ramp Faster and Sell More will feature new data about how to ramp […]

Coaching is critical to the productivity of sales reps. According to SEB, no other sales investment improves rep performance like coaching can. When it comes to sales coaching, call recordings are a cornerstone. Recordings provide full visibility into each reps’ sales process and create a variety of different points to review and perfect. 1. Call […]

As we dutifully work toward the private beta launch of our iPad release, Revenue.io has been grateful for continued press coverage. Buzz has especially been generating around our use of APIs to integrate voice metrics and analytics data into CRM tools. Multinational telecommunications titan Alcatel-Lucent used Revenue.io as a case study in their recent whitepaper […]

Modern sales reps have more communication channels available to them than ever before. SMS messages, email, social media, even video all provide a conduit to engage with contacts. However even today, the phone still prevails as the most effective sales communication tool. The phone is still the only communication method through which sales reps can […]